“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible – and achieve it generation after generation.” Pearl S. Buck September 21, 1913 – U.S. Open Golf Tournament – Brookline, Massachusetts: It was the kind of...
“The ability of God is beyond our prayers, beyond our largest prayers. We have asked for a cupful and the ocean remains.” John Henry Jowett 1401 A.D. London, England: King Henry IV declared that religious heretics would be burned at the stake. Seven...
“Every struggle in our life will become a story someday. It will either be a story about how we got stronger and persevered or a story about why we gave up. We can’t always choose our struggles, but we can choose which story becomes true.” ...
“All things are possible with God’s help. None of this would have happened without Him.” Sister Schubert 1991 – Troy, Alabama: Patricia “Sister” Schubert, a 40-year-old single mother with two young daughters, was...
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” — Martin Luther King Jr. October 19, 1960 – Atlanta, Georgia: It was one of the worst days of Martin...
Early 1870’s – Hartsville College, Hartsville, Indiana: The college president opened the United Brethren Churches conference with the comment, “We live in an exciting age, the age of inventions.” The United Brethren bishop interrupted him, “What kinds of inventions?”...
